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It was a way to describe him as a natural choice for king. They had chosen Saul, who is twice described as “taller than any of the people” (1 Samuel 9:2 10:23). God provides a new, better king for Israel, but it isn’t the king they expected. He provides for us, even when we don’t deserve it, even when we outright reject him. But our God is the God of new beginnings 1. God would have been entirely justified in letting Israel be consumed by civil war and conquered by their enemies. They had rejected him and chosen their own king. God could have left the Israelites to their own devices. When the Lord rejects Saul as king, he sends Samuel to Jesse in Bethlehem, saying, “for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” (16:1). But in the very first verse of 1 Samuel 16, we see the way to freedom and life. When what we most desire in life is pleasure, our physical health, or ‘our best life,’ we become enslaved to these things. When we make work our king, we become slaves to our work. For Anna Delvey, it was her desire for power and prestige.īut just like Samuel warned the Israelites, these little kings don’t make good rulers. These things we turn to become like little kings, people or things that we look to instead of looking to God. How often do we, too, look outside of God for security? We look instead to our career or our bank account. Israel demanded a king “to go out before us and fight our battles” (1 Samuel 8:20). How often do we, too, look outside of God for wisdom and morality? How do you define your best life? How do you spend your money? What do you do for entertainment? Do you look to God for guidance in these things, or does your lifestyle look more like your non-Christian neighbor? Israel demanded a king “that our king may judge us” (1 Samuel 8:20). How often do we, too, just want to be like all the nations? We don’t want to be the weird Christian, and so we compromise our faith, just a little, to try to fit in. Israel demanded a king so “that we also may be like all the nations” (1 Samuel 8:20). The people had hoped that Saul would bring them security and prosperity, but in the end, he brought only slavery, chaos, and death. Now, without a leader, Israel was in danger of descending into civil war and being conquered by their enemies. But Saul had twice disobeyed the word of the Lord (1 Samuel 13:13 15:10), and so the Lord rejected Saul as king. But the people insisted, and so the Lord gave them Saul. He would take the best of their crops and the best of their cattle, and they would become his slaves (1 Samuel 8:10-18). He told them that an earthly king would take advantage of them. But instead of looking to the Lord, their true King, they sought these things in an earthly king.Īnd Samuel, their leader at the time, warned them. They desired protection from their enemies and guidance on how to live.
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Israel had rejected the Lord as their King. The same thing was happening to Israel in 1 Samuel 16, and in this story, God shows us the way to our deliverance. We think it will bring us happiness, but instead, we become slaves to our desires. When we choose to seek acceptance or prosperity outside of God, it always leads to disappointment.
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This desire for acceptance can rule over us, and instead of bettering our life, it devours us. And a negative comment can always cut right through our happiness. There’s always someone who doesn’t like us. But just like it led to Anna’s downfall, our desire to be accepted, left unchecked, doesn’t bring happiness-it just breeds anxiety and loneliness. We want to be validated and accepted, and so we try to project a certain brand to the world. We too can become enslaved to our own desires. When Anna is in court and her attorney gives his closing argument, he says, “There’s a little bit of Anna in all of us.” I think that’s true. She thought it would bring her happiness, but in the end, it led only to ruin. She became so enslaved to this desire that she was willing to defraud even those closest to her. After defrauding friends, hotels, and banks out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, she was arrested and convicted of her crimes.Īnna’s desire to project a persona of power and elitism ruins her life. She wore the most expensive clothes, stayed at the most luxurious hotels, and went to the most exclusive clubs and parties-all without spending her own money.įor years she was able to fool many of New York City’s elite, but in 2018, it finally caught up to her. I learned more about her story through watching the show Inventing Anna on Netflix. Do you know Anna Sorokin? Or perhaps you know her as Anna Delvey, the name she adopted when she came to New York City pretending to be a German heiress.